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Vulnerability record · CVE-2008-1187 · published 6 March 2008

CVE-2008-1187: Sun jdk permissions and access controls vulnerability

Sun · Jdk

Unspecified vulnerability in Sun Java Runtime Environment (JRE) and JDK 6 Update 4 and earlier, 5.0 Update 14 and earlier, and SDK/JRE 1.4.2_16 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (JRE crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via unknown vectors related to XSLT transforms.

6.8 CVSS 2.0 Medium EPSS 5.4% · top 7.6% CWE-264 · Permissions and access controls
6.8CVSS 2.0 base score
5.4%EPSS exploitation probability, 30 days
NoNot in CISA KEV
3Affected product versions listed by NVD
90References
16 Jun 2026Last modified by NVD

Description

Unspecified vulnerability in Sun Java Runtime Environment (JRE) and JDK 6 Update 4 and earlier, 5.0 Update 14 and earlier, and SDK/JRE 1.4.2_16 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (JRE crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via unknown vectors related to XSLT transforms.

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Affected products

3 vulnerable configurations from NVD's CPE data, grouped by vendor and product.

References

LinkTags
http://dev2dev.bea.com/pub/advisory/277
http://download.novell.com/Download?buildid=q5exhSqeBjA~ Patch
http://jvn.jp/en/jp/JVN04032535/index.html
http://jvndb.jvn.jp/ja/contents/2008/JVNDB-2008-000016.html
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce//2008/Sep/msg00008.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-04/msg00000.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-04/msg00010.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/29239 Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/29273 Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/29498 Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/29582 Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/29841 Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/29858 Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/29897 Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/29999 Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/30003 Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/30676 Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/30780 Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/31067 Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/31497 Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/31580 Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/31586 Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/32018 Vendor Advisory
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200804-28.xml
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-233322-1 PatchVendor Advisory
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3178
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3179
http://support.novell.com/docs/Readmes/InfoDocument/patchbuilder/readme_5033642.html
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200804-20.xml
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200806-11.xml
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0186.html
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0210.html
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0243.html
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0244.html
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0245.html
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0267.html
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0555.html
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1019548
http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA08-066A.html US Government Resource
http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2008-0010.html Patch

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Source: NIST National Vulnerability Database (record CVE-2008-1187), CISA KEV, FIRST EPSS (scores of 2026-09-26). This page is refreshed as NVD updates the record.